Chapter refers to vehicles upon highways—Exceptions.
Applied in 11 court decisions — leading case 96 Wash. 2d 646 - State v. Day (1981)
Most recently applied in 634 F. App'x 170 - United States v. Jerry Wood, Jr. (December 2015)
1997 c 66 s 13; 1990 c 291 s 4; 1965 ex.s. c 155 s 1.
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The provisions of this chapter relating to the operation of vehicles refer exclusively to the operation of vehicles upon highways except:
(1) Where a different place is specifically referred to in a given section.
(2) The provisions of RCW 46.52.010 through 46.52.090, 46.61.500 through 46.61.525, and 46.61.5249 shall apply upon highways and elsewhere throughout the state.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.